The presence of odd pricing in the Texas state lottery

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2394-2409

  Bartsch, Robert A ^a   Paton, Vivian I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033216431     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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